Man admits to stealing vases from a third cemetery

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Jun 30, 2007 at 12:01 AM

TUSCALOOSA | A man who admitted stealing brass and copper vases from two cemeteries last week has told police that he also took vases from a third cemetery.Tuscaloosa Police charged Christopher Michael Leonard, 31, Monday with two counts of first-degree theft.He admitted to taking more than $35,000 worth of vases from Tuscaloosa Memorial Park and Cedar Oak Memorial Park, department spokesman Capt. Greg Kosloff said.Later this week, he also admitted taking vases from Memory Hill Gardens, Kosloff said. Investigators charged him with a third count of first-degree theft.The thefts occurred between June 10 and Monday, when Leonard was arrested.

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